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To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all.

Karl Kraus

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Translator
Writer
Jicin
Everywhere
Equal
Literature
Men
Jackasses
Contempt

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